Irshad, K. and Habib, K. and Basrawi, F. and Thirumalaiswamy, N. and Saidur, R. and Saha, B.B. (2015) Thermal comfort study of a building equipped with thermoelectric air duct system for tropical climate. Applied Thermal Engineering, 91. pp. 1141-1155.
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This paper examined the performance of a thermo-electric air duct system (TE-AD), which employs the thermo-electric module (TEMs) inside an air duct for providing thermal comfort in Malaysian environment. Twenty human subjects were exposed to test room equipped with TE-AD system operating at six different input current supply from 2 A to 7 A. Both objective and subjective measurements were carried out. Results show that with the increment of input current supply to the TE-AD system, subject's thermal response related to indoor condition of test room shifted from warm to neutral. Optimum performance of the TE-AD system was obtained at the input current supply of 6 A, more than 80 of subjects responded in the range of ±1 and meets ASHARE standards of acceptability criteria. Further increase in input current supply deteriorates the cooling performance of the TE-AD system. Economic comparison of the TE-AD system with the existing air conditioning system shows that economic saving of US 127.34/year can be achieved with additional benefits of Freon free, convenient installation, no moving part and reliable operation. © 2015 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Item Type: | Article |
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Impact Factor: | cited By 31 |
Uncontrolled Keywords: | Air conditioning; Economic analysis; Sensory perception; Thermal comfort; Thermoelectricity, Acceptability criterion; Air ducts; Cooling performance; Economic comparisons; Objective and subjective measurements; Optimum performance; Thermal sensations; Thermo-electric modules, Ducts |
Depositing User: | Ms Sharifah Fahimah Saiyed Yeop |
Date Deposited: | 30 Aug 2021 08:48 |
Last Modified: | 30 Aug 2021 08:48 |
URI: | http://scholars.utp.edu.my/id/eprint/25933 |